1 Installing PDFlib FontReporter
Requirements. PDFlib FontReporter works with the following Acrobat versions:
> Acrobat 8/9/X/XI/DC on Windows
> Acrobat X/XI/DC on OS X
The Plugin doesn’t work with Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader.
Installing FontReporter on Windows. To install PDFlib FontReporter in Acrobat, the
plugin files must be placed in a subdirectory of the Acrobat plugin folder. This is done
automatically by the plugin installer, but can also be done manually. A typical location
of the plugin folder looks as follows:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat XXX\Acrobat\plug_ins\PDFlib FontReporter
For 32-bit versions of Acrobat running on 64-bit Windows the first part should be
C:\Program Files (x86)\...
Installing FontReporter for Acrobat X/XI/DC on OS X. Proceed as follows to install the
plugin for all users:
> Double-click the disk image to mount it. A folder with the plugin files will be visible.
> Copy the plugin folder to the following path in the system’s Library folder:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/XXX/Plug-ins
Alternatively you can install the plugin only for a single user as follows:
> Click the desktop to make sure you’re in the Finder, hold down the Option key, and
choose Go, Library to open the user’s Library folder.
> Copy the plugin folder to the following path in the user’s Library folder:
/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/XXX/Plug-ins
Multi-lingual interface. PDFlib FontReporter supports multiple languages in the user
interface. Depending on the application language of Acrobat, FontReporter chooses its
interface language automatically. Currently English and German interfaces are avail-
able. If Acrobat runs in any other language mode, FontReporter uses the English inter-
face.
Troubleshooting. If PDFlib FontReporter doesn’t seem to work check the following:
Make sure that in Edit, Preferences, [General...], General the box Use only certified plug-ins is
unchecked. The plugin is not loaded if Acrobat runs in Certified Mode.
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